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Poffertjes

Don’t be fooled- these are not my
version of the American silver dollar pancakes rather the result of my futile
search for Kamir Cake recipe. The
pancake gods must have conspired against me or had better things in store for
me so they led me to this traditional Dutch treat called poffertjes.

From what I've read poffertjes use the
same ingredients as Kamir cake like apf, buckwheat flour, eggs, butter, yeast
and milk, So it had me thinking the pancake gods wanted me to try this
recipe for now. A special pan is also used to make these but the I was
encouraged because the author of therecipe didn't
use a poffertje pan either. I guess we're of the same can't be deprived
mold.

Poffertjes

Ingredients:

1 level tsp instant yeast

1 tbsp milk

1 cup buckwheat flour

1 cup all-purpose flour

2 extra large eggs

1 tbsp sugar

a pinch of salt

unsalted
butter to moisten the pan

sifted
powdered sugar, whipped cream and strawberries to serve

Preparation:

In
a small bowl, dissolve yeast in milk. In a separate bowl, combine flours,
eggs, yeast, sugar, salt and half the milk. Whisk until smooth. Add
remaining milk and beat again. Cover the bowl with a plastic wrap and
allow to rest for an hour. Melt butter in a non-stick pan over medium low
heat. Add teaspoonfuls of the batter in circular movement to create mini
pancakes. Turn the poffertjes around as soon as bottom has set using two
forks. Serve with strawberries, whipped cream and a dusting of powdered
sugar.

The pancakes came out really good, They are chewy-soft with a nutty taste from the buckwheat and a welcome new pancake experience. I just served it with good butter and sifted powdered sugar and they are delicious. I saw other recipes online and the results are more puffed little beauties and they use baking powder in the batter which is just like our regular American pancake. I think I have to let the thick batter rest overnight to yield puffier pancakes. By the way, I ordered a pan from eBay to have a real Dutch Poffertjes experience. I must confess it just dawned on me that I was going crazy looking for a Kamir Cake recipe when I don't even have the pan for it.